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When Helen asked him, no begged him to go on a little dirty weekend away, well daytrip, how could Nikola say no? He had never been able to say no to her especially when she propositioned him like that. All sultry looks and well, stern Nikola!. A whole day away from the island with Helen alone. Nikola was going to milk today for all its worth and then gloat for weeks to John about it.

Nikola was not surprised that Helen had a contact with a boat, he was however surprised that it didn't have an engine. Really, he had to paddle? Well, at least he hadn't brought his suit for this little mission. He had dressed more appropriately for today

"Honestly Helen, you couldn't have gotten a boat with an engine? I hope you at least managed to bring glasses," Nikola replied as he carried his bag over to the boat. Helen might not have brought glasses but Nikola may have bought a flask of wine along with his water. Well, he could always live in hope that she relax a little.

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"Ah, we've gotten soft, Nikola. Remember those years you spent living underground while James and I were French spies? That's when we knew how to go without creature comforts," Helen said, laughing with the memories.

"James got shot I don't know how many times. Man was simply a bullet magnet, I swear."

"Living underground in relative luxuary I might add," Nikola replied as he helped row the boat out. Even the moments when he hadn't been, he'd had work to occupy his mind. When Nikola got absorbed in his work, he really did get absorbed in his work. "He never did know when to duck. Smartest man in the room, except for me, and yet no sense of self preservation."

"Ah, no. James didn't really...he was above it, in a way, and it's not something the rest of us really shared."

It was nice, being able to talk about James because Will always wanted stories, wanted to hear the fantastic. John always seemed to be moody and withdrawn. With Nikola, at least, they could just...talk.

There were some things that Nikola didn't mind talking about, James was one of them as long as Helen didn't ever look too closely or ask too much of course.

"Being above it all?" Nikola asked after a moment. "He could be such... a pompous ass. And no matter what he said he never looked as good in a suit as I do."

"James was...arrogant but Nikola, darling, you are kind of the pot calling the kettle black there," Helen said, unable to keep from laughing.

"You're the most arrogant man I've ever met in my life."

"It's only arrogance if it isn't true and everything they say about my brilliance is true." Nikola replied, turning his nose up a little in mock outrage before smiling as Helen laughed. "I don't know surely you've met someone more arrogant than me in your lifetime Helen, did you meet Edison? Now, that man was an arrogant asshole who deserved a slow, painful death."

Helen arched a brow. "Surely he wasn't so bad as all that, Nikola. I mean, really."

It occurred to her that she seemed to be rowing more than Nikola and she offered the oars to him. "Here, you row for a bit."

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